It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to avoid an arrow shot from behind.
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A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things.
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If one man guards a narrow pass, ten thousand cannot get through.
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Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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A one-inch error at the start can be a thousand miles at the end.
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Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.
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